With more complete knowledge of SAS Viya and Kubernetes, and a more diligent attitude toward maintaining and upgrading the system
We are looking for a contractor to fill a SAS Viya administrator role that has the following skills and experience:
Design, deploy, configure, and maintain SAS Viya environments to meet business needs and performance requirements.
Provide ongoing support and troubleshoot issues for SAS Viya system administration
Perform regular patch upgrades for SAS environments to ensure system stability.
Automate alerts for system errors or issues to enable quick response.
Ensure high availability and disaster recovery capabilities are in place for SAS environments by managing disaster recovery processes, ensuring system readiness.
Optimize system performance through routine monitoring and tuning.
Maintain up-to-date documentation on administrative processes and system configurations.
Coordinate with IT teams to ensure the seamless integration of SAS with other systems.
Ensure compliance with security policies and manage user permissions effectively.
Provide technical expertise and guidance to project teams and stakeholders on SAS capabilities, limitations, and best practices.
Participate in cross-functional teams to drive innovation, process improvements, and knowledge sharing related to SAS administration.
Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell) for automation and integration tasks.
Strong understanding of Linux/Unix operating systems and experience with server virtualization technologies
Build, maintain, patch and administer EKS clusters
Experience and knowledge with cloud computing platforms (preferably AWS) and containerization technologies
Duties:
Install, configure, and manage SAS software in AWS cloud.
Create detailed SAS architectural diagrams, Installation Guides, and Runbooks necessary for operational management of SAS software.
Work with security team in creating a System Security Plan to harden the installation.
Monitor, tune, and scale SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Visual Statistics, SAS Data Preparation, and SAS Data Mining based on usage.
Address non-functional requirements such as scalability, high availability, performance, disaster recovery, and reliability.
Automate monitoring and incident response to the extent possible through scripting.
On-board users to the environment, educate them on best practices, help troubleshoot and resolve issues.
All other duties as assigned.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Experience managing multi-node SAS cluster in a cloud environment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Problem solving and analytical skills.
Experience in the administration of SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Visual Statistics, SAS Data Preparation, and SAS Data Mining software.
Experience installing and configuring various data sources including but not limited to Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Snowflake, and Salesforce.
Experience in scheduling and automating data extracts from various data sources such as relational databases, Excel, Access DB, Snowflake, Salesforce etc.
Working experience on Linux operating system.
Experience implementing security controls to protect sensitive data processed through the SAS server.
Experience in integrating SAS Server with an identity and access management system using SAML or by other means
Experience in automating the monitoring the health of multi-node SAS Server cluster and other resources such as load balancers on a major cloud platform.
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, engineering or a related field
Prior experience in the Healthcare Industry
SAS Certification
Prior experience with an HHS agency
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